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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 35BEECH · Moncks Corner, SC · May 8, 1997

Date: May 8, 1997 · 16:25 local
Place: Moncks Corner, SC
Airport: Berkeley County Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N3000V
Reported as: Beech 35BEECH
Reported engine: Continental E1858
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 6,000 total30 in this make and model1 in the last 90 days

N3000VRegistration cancelled Dec 7, 1999 · Beech B35S/N D-2533 Airframe modelBeech B35

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: Beech B35, N3000V, landed with gear partially extended. The pilot stated that in the pattern he selected gear down on the gear handle and the green gear light illuminated indicating that the gear was down and locked. When he landed, the gear was partially down causing damage to the gear doors, the landing gear, and the propeller. The damage was minor and there were no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: BEECH B35, N3000V, LANDED WITH GEAR PARTIALLY EXTENDED. THE PILOT STATED THAT IN THE PATTERN HE SELECTED GEAR DOWN ON THE GEAR HANDLE AND THE GREEN GEAR LIGHT ILLUMINATED INDICATING THAT THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. WHEN HE LANDED, THE GEAR WAS PARTIALLY DOWN CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE GEAR DOORS, THE LANDING GEAR, AND THE PROPELLER. THE DAMAGE WAS MINOR AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES.